The Road Continues

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About this song

Two men on the road to Emmaus meet up with a stranger...

Lyrics

[Verse 1 - fingerpicked, intimate]
I was walking the wrong direction
Seven miles from where I should have been
Talking my grief to death with questions
When a stranger fell in step with me

He didn't grab me by the shoulders
Didn't spin me back around
He just walked beside my confusion
On that long road out of town

[Chorus -  building]
Stay awhile longer, the day is fading
Stay awhile longer, don't pass me by
My heart is burning and I can't explain it
But I know I need You by my side
Stay awhile longer

[Verse 2 ]
He opened up the ancient pages
Moses and the prophets came alive
I'd read those words a thousand times
But I'd missed Him every time

Slow of heart, He called me foolish
But He said it like a friend
Who sees the thing you keep on missing
And won't let you miss again

[Chorus - fuller]
Stay awhile longer, the day is fading
Stay awhile longer, don't pass me by
My heart is burning and I can't explain it
But I know I need You by my side
Stay awhile longer

[Bridge - sparse, almost spoken, stripped back]
Then He took the bread and broke it
And my blinded eyes could see
The stranger was no stranger—
He'd been walking here with me

[Verse 3 - building intensity]
Now the night is dark behind me
Seven miles back to where it starts
I can't sit on what I've witnessed
I've got fire in my heart

The road goes on past the encounter
The Fourth Day stretches out ahead
But I'm not walking it alone now—
I know the One who breaks the bread

[Final Chorus - full arrangement, percussion]
Stay awhile longer, the day is fading
Stay awhile longer, You're all I need
My heart is burning and I finally know why—
You were walking here with me
The road continues
The road continues
And You're walking here with me

[Outro - gentle fade, fingerpicked]

The road continues
The road continues
And You're walking here with me

The road continues
The road continues
And You're walking here with me

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